The clerk shall enter the satisfaction of a judgment in any of the following circumstances:
(1) upon the filing of a statement of satisfaction of the judgment executed and
acknowledged by:
(A) the judgment-creditor, or
(B) by a legal representative or assignee of the judgment-creditor who files
evidence of their authority, or
(C) if the filing is within two years of the entry of the judgment, by the attorney or
proctor of record for the judgment- creditor.
(2) upon payment to the court of the amount of the judgment plus interest and costs;
(3) if the judgment-creditor is the United States, upon the filing of a statement of
satisfaction executed by the United States attorney;
(4) in an admiralty proceeding, upon issuance of an order of satisfaction, such order to be
made on the consent of the proctors if such consent be given within two years from the
entry of the decree; or
(5) upon receipt of a certified copy of a statement of satisfaction entered in another
district.
